Babies Born September 2007 #21

[*noni*e*]

hello hello
missed mothers group this morning lol woke up when it starts oops.. you see dp had this important soccer game to watch that started at 2am so i had to wake him up for it and i didnt manage to go to sleep untill around 1 anyway.. then after that i had to wake him at 5 for work lol oh well.. atleast they won lol i am talking about english soccer his team tottenham hotspur went on to beat chelsea in the carling cup final this morning so he must be pretty excited lol...
gosh last night was so bad i was so hungry for junk food i ate a whole packet of dps chips that he has for work (these particular ones were red rock deli, sour cream and sweet chilli) a total of 8 ww pts in the packet lol and i ate the whole thing even though i wasnt hungry after half of it!! punishment today is walking to iga which is about an hours walk away rather then westpoint which is less than 5mins to replace them and hope like hell i walk them off lol...
sherie - wow a wiggles concert how spoilt your children are!!!
md - well done on the ebay bargin!!! sounds like you had a nice walk too
arte - happy anniversary hope you do something nice despite the tiffs.. i agree with everyone else its probably just the stress of moving
cally - have you looked in her mouth for toothys?? i thought asha was teething a while ago she was so upsetand it looked like teeth were coming but theyve kinda gone back up now??
jazmum - hope you take some me time now dh is back from his trip
renee - sounds like nice sunday plans there.. good to see youve been on a bit more lately too!!
hi everyone else gotta go asha is grizzling.. think she wants her cereal!!

[spring_ag]

My birthday last Sat. I received my first bday card from W, of course its DH who put it on the cot next to W lol. The three of us had 'romantic' dinner (that is if you consider dining with a 5mo romantic LOL). Yest was good, went for lunch with some friends.

Jazmum, thanks. You have a new photo too, aaww Hannah is so beautiful. I love the theme, pink and roses
Glad to hear about your grandma, hope she is okay with that
Would you mind sharing the tips on the rice cereal, I have med grain brown rice but still take ages to cook. How is Hannah btw?
Hugs, I think you're doing such a wonderful job with three kids, I only have one and I already think my life is so chaotic lol

Sherie, was just wondering where you've been just before I login. Glad to hear from you. LOL at menstrual shed.

Katie, thanks. DH just bought a camera and I kinda forced him to take W photos LOL. Sounds like you have a nice weekend, happy anniversary

Arte, happy anniversary too, hope things are good again today. Just kidding earlier, I love dogs esp big ones. DH parents have 5 in their home. I ate mushroom the other day and he woke several times during the night.

Noni, congrats on dp's job. Glad to hear the solid went well. ETA sorry about missing mums group

Cally, same here with the hair, I always find my hair in his hands. Really hope K and you have a good sleep tonight.

MD, good luck with the study. Thanks for sharing, OMG on what pinky wrote, that is so true!

Leanne, hugs hope you can get some rest today

Renee, yay on the tooth! W first is the bottom right, the bottom left appeared soon after that.

Hayley, how is Maddie? Poor li'l baby, hope she feels better

The little guy is still enjoying babbling, but lately he wants to be entertained all the time. Anyway just found out that the combination of babbling, screaming, and crying is not that fun hahaha. Took me ages to finish this post.
Okay he is doing it right now, gotta go

[JordieC]

Sorry no personals though I do love catching up and seeing what everyone else is doing.

Mackenzie rolled from tummy to back about 6 times since Saturday - yeah!! Very cute cause she grunts and groans while doing it! So much effort! She is still "teething" if there is such a thing!! Sleep has been very inconsistent - good some nighs terrible others. Oh well - keep plugging away.

Only 3 weeks till we start solids - anyone else starting for first time soon? What high chairs are you using?

Will try to keep in touch more so I don't miss what's happening!

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

Ugh, sleep is impossible eh! Aurelia has been a dodgy sleeper for the last 8 weeks or so, before that she was an angel!
I've just started Aurelia on rice cereal, I figure the 2 weeks doesn't matter that much, and she seems so eager. After all, the age recommendation is about how they assume a baby has developed, not about the number itself, and they all develop at a different rate iykwim? She doesn't have the tongue-thrust reflex anymore so I figure that means she's ready.
Haven't bought a high chair yet though! I've been feeding her in her pram, or on my lap. My folks keep talking about these high-chairs that hang off the table, aparently they saw them everywhere in Europe . . . but I just can't picture it

Has anyones bubs cut their first tooth yet? One of Aurelia's bottom popped through at the beginning of last week. Now when she nibbles my hand in the bath, it hurts!

[spring_ag]

Jordie, yay on the rolling!
He used to roll all the time (the ladies in mums group even call him the rolling master lol) but in the past week he didnt seem to want to do it ...
We're going to start solid in about the same time as you, when he turns 6 months.
Dont have high chair, just a booster chair.
One of the lovely ladies here suggesting to use their rocker until they can sit up straight.

ETA
Baby Socks, posting at the same time. What a coincidence I just saw the hanging high chair yesterday, we went out for lunch and the restaurant has it. I dont know how to describe it but the two arms are sort of hanging on the table iykwim. We put our friends' 3yo on the chair and she was quite comfy.
Yay on the tooth! Ikwym it hurts, W has 2 teeth, when the second one appeared he kept biting on my nipple ouchie

Yeah I am not quite sure what to do with the sleep. Hope it's just a phase for all of us. He's awake more and seemed to be hungrier during the night, I wonder if giving solids would help?

[Cally]

Last night was better - she woke twice and I sat with her for 10 minutes or so after the feed to make sure she went back to sleep.

I think K is getting close to rolling from her back to her tummy. Hopefully she does it when her daddy is home to see it for the first time.

We don't have a high chair, will use either the bebepod or her rocker. I've seen the hanging high chairs, I would be worried I wouldn't be able to do them up tight enough on the table edge and it would fall. She has lost the tongue thrust reflex too, but I am waiting a little bit longer before starting solids. Don't like making more work for myself!

Jazmum - I have the Rafferty's rice cereal, that is made of brown rice and would be easier to cook than your other stuff if it is suitable. Can I ask why you took Hannah to the chiropractor?

I bought some of the Rafferty's fruit puree last week and I noticed this morning that one of them has puffed up heaps like the fruit is fermenting inside. It doesn't expire until September or so, I think I will take it back to Coles tomorrow.

Sherie - my BIL told my sister she wasn't allowed to sing to their new baby, she's pretty bad at it!

Jordie - yay for rolling!!

BabySocks - hope the cereal makes a difference with the sleeping for you.

[Patooties]

hi all
cally - does the rafferty's have added iron? the chiropractor told me not to give hannah the ones with added iron. I took her to see the C because she was waking with wind pains throughout the night - he felt around and said that she is quite tight and inflamed inside. (not sure of the names of all the parts lol ) Will probably visit him weekly for about one month. she slept through last night - from 9:30 until 4:45 am. So i was incredibly happy.
will be back for more personals after i make the girls some lunch - Jess is home from school with a sore ear.

[Cally]

Hope Jess gets better soon. Yes, the Rafferty's has added iron. Oh well.

[fianne]

agnes, belated happy birthday! sounds like an ideal bday celebration to me.
happy anniversary to katie and artechim!
not sure what posts i've replied to and what i've missed, so if i've said some of the things before, please excuse me. just so hard to catch up. and because i think of what i'd like to say as i read, i sometimes think i've already replied.
arte, glad to hear you're settling in. never too hard when mum and dad are there to go home to eh?
md, hope you don't mind, but i've been sharing your quotes to mums from my ante-natal group. really appreciate them. gives a better understanding of what's happening.
tooth...teeth....max had front right centre "showed up" last tuesday. or at least that's when i noticed it. and on wednesday was when i thought to run a finger over it and, yup, confirmed it was there. and today, i've felt the second tooth. someone was talking about teeth moving and going back down...if i can feel the sharp teeth now, could it still be false alarm and will go away? it's so exciting but at the same time sad coz' it's another stage that we're going over.
leanne, glad to hear you finally got some sleep. hope you get over the flu soon.
jordiec, hurray for mackenzie rolling.
not on solids yet and don't plan to get on it until we get back from holidays in april. she'll be 6 months then but we're not waiting for her to turn 6 but just not wanting to change things right now before a 3-week long holiday.
as for high chairs, we don't have one yet but will be getting one from ikea as it's highly recommended by a lot of people. think they're only under $50 and as a friend who is on her third said, it's the best as it's the easiest to clean and you don't really need all the fancy shmancy stuff on the other expensive ones. saw one at one of my mother's groups house and she had an inflatable insert for it since her bubs is just about 4.5 mos old and already seats her in it.
oh, just did the "time to eat" session at the health centre today. it was pretty informative for a first time mum w/o family in the immediate vicinity. we were given sheets on what can be introduced at each stage (6/8/9/12 mos) and what "consistency" the food should be at each stage. and when you can give her dairy at 9 mos like yoghurt, you need to give them full cream as the low fat ones usually have added sugar to make them taste better. there were some other stuff that i found quite informative so if you have these sessions in your area, would highly recommend going to them....but in saying that, some mums in mother's group went last week and the chn who did it was not informative and a bit judgemental of those who were giving solids to their bubs already who were under 6 mos. guess luck of the draw on who was conducting it. oh, another suggestion was to start them on less sweet stuff like vegetables rather than fruits coz' having a taste for the sweetness might give them a sweet tooth.
jazmum, hope jess feels better soon.
not safe to use her bouncer unsupervised these days as she's gotten into the habit of bending over the side to inspect the floor. even on the bumbo. she tends to try to reach for the floor. hmmm....that's a thought with high chairs...they're higher off the ground and would be more painful if she falls off. hopefully she gets over this fascination with the floor by the time we get her on the high chair.
was meaning to reply to all the other posts but as it is, it's already taken me 2 hours to do this one so will just say sorry to everyone i missed. hope you have telepathy and read my response in my mind.

ETA: arte, good luck in settling into your new town.

[reneenay]

LOL I think I made that mistake Fianne! Rory turns his nose up at veggies after giving him so much fruit to start off with.

[*noni*e*]

try adding in something a lil sweeter like corn asha wouldnt eat sweet potato then i added corn... though i suppose itd be better to persevere then cater to their sweet tooth idk lol

[fianne]

p.s. on the feeding info for qld'ers...chn today also said that most of the information she was giving us can be found in the little yellow book that we're given before leaving the hospital.

[Leemar]

Hi Girls,

Woohoo I got some more sleep last night and I am on a roll.... Eyes are getting better too.

High chair- I bought primapappa ones for the boys and it was money well spent. I have put Olivia in hers since about 5 weeks old as they recline back. I push it around the house whereever I am as I did with the boys. I know they are a bit expensive but for it was money well spent especially when I had the boys. Because when I had the boys I bought 2 I have at home and now 1 at mums.

Olivia is now in her walker and she is actually moving around it like going forward and backward. I can not believe my bubba is 6 months old on friday. Time sure does go quick. I also have started to give Olivia ruskies to chew on and when we have lamb cutlets I give her the bone to chew on and she loves it. I think she must think she is having dinner with all of us now. Any how I better go as I am at work today and must do some work.

Hello to all and have a wonderful day.

[Patooties]

morning everyone
Hayley - how is Madeline going today? Did you manage to find a humidifier?
Renee - dh's grandma only lives about 40minutes away, so i imagine we will go over and see her this weekend.
Sherie - the clinic nurse mentioned Bowen therapy the other day - i hadn't heard of it before that, but might look into it a bit more. Wonderful that you got to play leggos - i love building with leggo - i find it relaxing
Agnes - with the brown rice, i've just been boiling it for 3 minutes and then simmering for a further 3 minutes and it seems to thicken up nicely.
Baby Socks - i've had one of the chairs that hang off the table. The only problem is that they don't fit all tables. The booster chairs that you can put on your dining chairs are good because they come with a tray - that keeps them in nice and securely.
Leanne - i hope you're feeling better today
Arte - hope you settle nicely into your new town - and also hope that things are much better for you and your dh.
Fianne - glad the food session went well -sounds like your very informed now. Hannah is the same as Max with the bouncer. Even when she is done up securely she still manages to find a way to reach the floor. lol.
I've been feeding Hannah in her bebepod - i also use a little plastic table that i bought for Zoe - it's like a 'breakfast in bed' table that is the perfect height for the bebepod. It's also good for putting toys on too.
Well i think i overfed Hannah yesterday - she was awake alot through the night. I shouldn't have given her the apples for lunch - and just left it too cereal for brekky and pumpkin for dinner. Oh well, we learn from our mistakes don't we lol.

[*noni*e*]

hello hello
guess who spotted a tupperware stall in the shopping centre and scored those ice cube trays with lids??? bloody expensive though!
Ashas doing really well with the cereal in the mornings, i found another flavour in the supermarket today of rafertys, banana porridge its called think though tmw we will do pureed fruit, maybe some blueberrys yummm for 4 days and then cereal then fruit etc etc coz shes been having cereal for 4 days now i dnt want her to get bored with it...
i was in the food court today eating my lunch and Asha was squeeling at me as i ate staring at me watching every bite and reaching out lol even if it was deli choices i wasnt going to give her maccas lol she relly is into this whole food thing!
jazmum - how long did it take you to increase from one meal to two with H?
leanne - hooray for sleep!!!
renee and fianne - i saw raffertys packets that have fruit mixed with vegeies maybe that would be a way to introduce him to it then slowly take out the fruit?

[Cally]

Just spoke with someone from Karitane, she said we are doing everything right in regards to sleeping issues and just stick with it. She seemed to think that the 7mth mark, when they are moving around and eating lots of solids is when all our issues will disappear!! We'll see.

Jaz - hope tonight goes better.

Fianne - I have heard the Ikea high chairs are good, shame our closest is 4 hours away! Where are you going for your holiday?

Someone at mothers group this morning suggested that during the day I move her arms and legs up and down like she is running. That will get the muscles going and wear her out a bit so she might sleep more. Worth a shot I suppose.

Better go, mum and dad are about to pop in on their way to a friends so better tidy up a bit.